In fact, there’s usually about an hour difference, depending on which direction youre facing.
Firstly, the planet is constantly rotating on its axis in aneastward (counter-clockwise) direction.
This explains why the suns light moves from east to west.
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If youre not convinced, grab a globe and a flashlight.
Shine the light onto the globe while rotating it to the right.
Heres where a lot of people start getting confused.
Theres just one problem with that.
Think of it kind of like walking against the wind.
Jet streams are air currents that happen at very high altitudes, including those which planes frequently fly in.
The earths rotation is faster at the equator because its the widest point on the globe.
If your plane is flying along a jet stream going east, it can really pick up some speed.
Travelers heading west will just have to bide their time for an extra hour or so on their flight.
